COVID-19 Caution: Even With Vaccines, It May Be Too Early to Have Small Gatherings Again

Experts say that even with COVID-19 vaccines being distributed, it's still too early to gather safely in small groups.

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BTS 2-Week Outlook: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases February 1 - 12

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   BTS 2-Week Outlook Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases February 1 - 12 Upcoming from February 1   Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am ET Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, December 2020   Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 11:00am ET Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, December 2020   Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 10:00am ET Transportation Services Index, December 2020   Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 11:00am ET Airline Traffic Data, November 2020 Domestic, August 2020 International   TBD U.S. Airlines Cargo, December 2020 (preliminary)   TBD U.S. Airlines Passengers, December 2020 (preliminary)   TBD Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, December and Calendar Year 2020       Previously Released   January 19 - Average Air Fares, 3rd Quarter 2020   January 28 - North American Freight Data, November 2020     BTS Releases in the Next Two Weeks   Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, December 2020 Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00am ET Previous release: U.S. airlines November 2020 fuel consumption was 5% higher than October 2020 and 89% higher than April 2020. April was the lowest monthly fuel usage on record (447M gallons), dating back to 2000. November 2020 fuel consumption was down 42% from November 2019. Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines' scheduled services: November 2019                    1.4 billion gallons October 2020                          807 million gallons November 2020                      845 million gallons   Industry summary of airline fuel consumption, total fuel cost and price paid per gallon are available on the database. Individual airline numbers through September are available on the BTS website. Individual airline numbers for October, November and December will be available on May 3. Previous release   Database      Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, December 2020 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 11:00am ET Previous release: U.S. airlines employed 678,287 workers in the middle of November 2020, 28,790 5,000 more than in mid-October 2020 but almost 77,000 fewer than in March 2020. The November numbers consist of 565,281 full-time and 113,006 part-time workers. Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo: November 2019                      751,146           October 2020                          673,278 November 2020                      678,287 Regulations require airlines to report employment numbers for a pay period near the 15th of the month. Monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics are reported by U.S. airlines that operate at least one aircraft that has more than 60 seats or the capacity to carry a payload of passengers, cargo and fuel weighing more than 18,000 pounds. Previous release   Database      Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), December 2020 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 10:00am ET The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in for-hire freight shipments by mode of transportation. In the previous release for November, the Freight TSI fell 0.1% in November from October, falling slightly after two consecutive monthly increases. From November 2019 to November 2020 the index fell 3.8% compared to a decline of 0.9% from November 2018 to November 2019 and a rise of 5.8% from November 2017 to November 2018. Previous release Transportation Services Index background and data                             Airline Traffic Data, November 2020 final Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 11:00am ET BTS release of reported airline data through November. Data are for U.S. airlines monthly passengers, revenue passenger-miles, available seat-miles and load factor for systemwide, domestic and international. Numbers are seasonally-adjusted and unadjusted. In the previous release, U.S. airlines carried 29.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2020, seasonally adjusted, up 8.4% from September. There were 27.2 million domestic passengers and 2.2 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in October. Previous release   Data                          U.S. Airlines Cargo, December 2020 (Preliminary) TBD This release provides preliminary monthly cargo data from the U.S. airlines that carry the most cargo. These airlines carry 95% of the cargo (freight + mail) on U.S. airlines. From the previous month's release, U.S. airlines carried 12% more cargo by weight in November 2020 (preliminary) than in November 2019. The rise was fueled by a gain of 13% in domestic cargo and 10% rise in international cargo. Previous release    Data            U.S. Airlines Passengers, December 2020 (Preliminary) TBD This release provides preliminary monthly passenger data from the U.S. airlines that carry the most passengers. These airlines carry 99% to scheduled service passengers on U.S. airlines. From the previous month's release, U.S. airlines U.S. airlines carried 61% fewer scheduled service passengers in November 2020 than in November 2019. The 61% decline from October 2019 was the smallest year-to-year decrease since March. The large airlines carried 28.5 million passengers in November 2020 (preliminary), compared to 72.8 million passengers in November 2019 and up from 3.0 million in April 2020, which was the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. The previous low was 14.6 million passengers in February 1975. Previous release Data       Air Travel Consumer Report: December and Calendar Year 2020 Numbers Date TBD This release consists on U.S. airline domestic monthly on-time performance, cancellations, tarmac data, mishandled baggage released in coordination with the Department of Transportation's release of the Air Travel Consumer Report. From the previous month's release, the 10 reporting marketing network carriers 389,587 scheduled domestic flights in November 2020 compared to 374,538 flights in October 2020 and 655,072 flights in November 2019. Of those 389,587 scheduled flights, 0.5%, 2,106 flights, were canceled. As a result of schedule reductions and cancellations, the carriers reported operating 387,481 flights in November 2020, compared to 372,544 flights in October 2020 and the all-time monthly low of 180,151 flights in May 2020. Airlines operated 649,511 flights in November 2019. The marketing carriers include branded code-share partners of mainline carriers. Previous release   Air Travel Consumer Report     BTS Previously   BTS has released the following:   Average Air Fares, 3rd Quarter 2020 Released January 19 U.S. domestic average air fares declined in the third quarter of 2020 to $245, the lowest inflation-adjusted average quarterly air fare in Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) records dating back to 1995. The previous low was $262 in the second quarter of 2020. Air fares declined along with passenger demand. Airlines reported 27 million originating passengers in the third quarter of 2020, down from 86 million passengers a year earlier. Release BTS air fare web page               North American Freight Data, November 2020 Released Jan. 28 Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in November 2020: Total Transborder freight: $95.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, down 7.5% compared to October 2020 and up 0.1% compared to November 2019 Most-used mode: Trucks moved $62.7 billion of freight, down 7.5% compared to October 2020, up 0.1% compared to November 2019. Second most-used mode: Railways moved $13.9 billion of freight, down 3.7% compared to October 2020, down 0.8% compared to November 2019. Release   TransBorder Freight Data                           See BTS Release Schedule     BTS Contact: Dave Smallen 202-366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov     You are subscribed to DOT email updates. 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Face of Defense: Mayor Deploys During COVID-19 Crisis

Face of Defense: Mayor Deploys During COVID-19 Crisis Feb. 1, 2021 | By Katie Lange As the mayor of Salisbury, Maryland, Army Maj. Jacob Day had just begun to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic when he learned he would be trading in the reigns of city government so he could deploy to Africa for a year.  Read More

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